Date Updated

8-1-2024

Department

University Library

Academic Rank

Librarian

Year Retired from SJSU

2015

Educational Background

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, School of Informational & Library Studies, Ph.D., 1990

University of Denver, Denver, CO, Graduate School of Librarianship & Information Management, M.L.S., 1983

International Studies University, Shanghai, China, English Department, B.A., 1968

Dissertation Title

The Citation Process in Scientific Communication

Teaching Experience

Engineering Librarian, University Library, 1989-2015

Adjunct Faculty, School of Library & Information Science, SJSU, 1992-2014

Service

Fulbright Senior Specialist Program, Peer Review Committee, 2010-2015

Evergreen Education Foundation, Board Member, 2009-2015

Committee on Committees (Senate Policy Committee), 2008-2015

Academic Senator, 2004-2007

University Professional Standards Committee, 2005- 2008

University Retention and Tenure Committee, 2007-2008

Board Member, Beethoven Center, King Library, 2006-2015

RTP Late-Add Committee, 2009

Junior Faculty Grant Committee, 2005 CSU

Research Grant Committee, 2005

Selected Publications

“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library: a New Model of Library Collaboration,” in Inspiration from Best Practices, Proceedings of the 4th Information Technology in Education conference (ITIE2010), Yunnan University Press, Kunming, China, 2010, p. 50-60. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_rsca/4048/

Mengxiong Liu and Peggy J. Cabrera. "The New Generation of Citation Indexing in the Age of Digital Libraries" Digitisation Perspectives Vol. 46 (2010) p. 213 - 226

Jo Bell Whitlatch and Mengxiong Liu. "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library: A New Model of Library Collaboration" Proceedings of the 4th Information Technology in Education Conference (ITIE 2010) (2010): 50-59. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_rsca/4048/

“The New Generation of Citation Indexing in the Age of Digital Libraries,” Policy Futures in Education. 6 (1), 77-86, 2008.

“Assessing Digital Reference and Online Instructional Services in an Integrated Public/University Library,” (co-author) The Reference Librarian. 46 (95/96), 149-172, 2006

“Brief History of CALA and the Status of Chinese Librarians in Librarianship,” in Bridging Cultures – Chinese American Librarians and Their Organization: A Glance at the thirty Years of CALA, Guanxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, 2004, p. 225-249.

Mengxiong Liu. "Contributions of Chinese-American Librarians to Library and Information Science" Chinese Studies in History Vol. 34 Iss. 3 (2001) p. 44 - 60

Charity B. Hope, Sandra Kajiwara and Mengxiong Liu. "The Impact of the Internet: Increasing the Reference Librarian's Role as Teacher." The Reference Librarian Vol. 35 Iss. 74 (2001) p. 13 - 36

Mengxiong Liu. "The History and Status of Chinese Americans in Librarianship." Library Trends Vol. 49 Iss. 1 (2000) p. 109 - 137

Mengxiong Liu and Bernice Redfern. "Information-Seeking Behavior of Multicultural Students: A Case Study at San Jose State University" College & Research Libraries Vol. 58 Iss. 4 (1997) p. 348 - 354 ISSN: 0010-0870 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pub/133/

Mengxiong Liu. "Ethnicity and Information Seeking" The Reference Librarian Vol. 23 (1995) p. 123 - 134

Mengxiong Liu. "Selective guide to literature on quality assurance" Science & Technology Libraries Vol. 13 Iss. 2 (1993) p. 3 - 35

Mengxiong Liu. "Citation Functions and Related Determinants" Journal of Library and Information ScienceVol. 19 Iss. 1 (1993) p. 1 - 13 ISSN: 0363-3640 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_rsca/5129/

Mengxiong Liu. "PROGRESS IN DOCUMENTATION THE COMPLEXITIES OF CITATION PRACTICE: A REVIEW OF CITATION STUDIES" Journal of Documentation Vol. 49 Iss. 4 (1993) p. 370 - 408

Mengxiong Liu. "A study of citing motivation of Chinese scientists" Journal of Information Science Vol. 19 Iss. 1 (1993) p. 13 - 23

Mengxiong Liu. "The citation process in scientific communication : an analysis of citer motivation and citation characteristics of Chinese physicists" (1990)

Personal Commentary

Dr. Mengxiong Liu is an Emerita Faculty member of San Jose State University. Dr. Mengxiong Liu served as Engineering Librarian and part-time faculty member of Library and Information Science. She received her Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies from University of Michigan and her MLS from the University of Denver. Her teaching and research efforts have focused on human information seeking behavior, reference and instructional services, and digital libraries. She has published numerous research articles in scholarly journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. Her articles on human citing behavior were frequently cited by researchers and scholars. She was invited to lecture on Digital Libraries and Reference Services in the Digital Environment in the National Library of China in Beijing and the National Taichung Library in Taiwan. In addition to teaching and research, she has been actively involved in professional organizations, such as the American Library Association (ALA) and the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA). She was the former CALA President and served on the Steering Committee of ALA Spectrum Scholarship and ALA Diversity Council. In 2007, she received the Fulbright Senior Specialist Award and completed her Fulbright visit in Uruguay.

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